Friday, June 06, 2014

Lake Powell Level Rising A Foot A Day Plus Amazing Photos

The water level in Lake
Powell is now rising about 1 foot every day, and that will
continue into late June. The result will be a larger playground with
very good boating conditions this season.

Powell has been relatively low for the
past few years, but the reservoir is huge and there is still plenty
of opportunity to boat away from the marinas
and find your own private cove or remote
canyon. The Deseret News has this
article about the deluge. Below are excerpts.

The latest numbers
by the Natural Resources Conservation Service put the Upper Basin
Colorado River snowpack at a whopping 208 percent of normal — twice
what is typically measured for early June.

Runoff into Lake
Powell that began in mid-May reached 60,000 cubic feet per second.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation reports that lake levels will continue
to climb a foot a day into late June, hitting a peak elevation of
3,616 feet.

The rising water
opened the Castle Rock Cut near Wahweap Marina and three concrete
launch ramps — Wahweap, State Line and Antelope Point — are now
open.

Hite Marina continues to be closed
indefinitely but all other marinas
and launch ramps are open and in good condition. The lake changes on
a daily basis, so boaters always need to use caution.

Amazing Photos

Today we stumbled
on two publications showing amazing photos of southern Utah. Wish we
could show some of the images here but we respect copyright. Both of
these links are worth a click.